The 1971
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1971 season. The championship was won by
Cork
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, who defeated
Wexford
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by a 13-point margin in the final. The match drew an attendance of 4,000.
Semi-finals
Kilkenny won the Leinster Championship for the first time when they defeated Dublin 5–3 to 4–3 and received an unexpected bye to the All-Ireland final when Galway withdrew, receiving a three-month suspension from
Central Council
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for failing to fulfil the fixture.
Final
Cork took control of the final in the first half.
Agnes Hourigan wrote in the
Irish Press
The game was won and lost in the five minutes preceding the interval with Wexford leading 1-1 to 0-2 in the 20th minute when, Rosie Hennessy and Anne Comerford, last year’s captain, cracked home three Cork goals.[Report of final in Irish Press, September 19, 1971]
Final stages
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MATCH RULES
*50 minutes
*Replay if scores level
*Maximum of 3 substitutions
See also
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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition i ...
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Wikipedia List of Camogie players
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National Camogie League
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Camogie All Stars Awards
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Ashbourne Cup
References
External links
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The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
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All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship